November 17, 2010 Training

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5th Grade Meeting - a.m.


Agenda:
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Shortie Awards - video contest

Part 1 - Keep it running smoothly! Logistics of drop boxes for turning in work digitally, filtering issues, and printing considerations.


Part 2 - Steve - Using Keynotes for conferencing with students and parents.

Visit Steve's site to download and view the Keynote template.

Part 3 - Brian - Video Conferencing with an author

Skype Resources:

Part 4 - Choose a Learning Station:

A. ComicLife Resources

B. Scratch Resources
  • Scratch Website (from MIT) - download the app, create an account, share your projects and see others' projects (and download them!); "Support" section has lots of resources; see the Educators section for useful tips
  • Scratch Educators website - full of resources for using Scratch in the classroom
  • Scratch Reference Guide - a handy reference for all things in Scratch

C. Global Education Conference - Explore the conference offerings and choose a session to attend.

D. Global Projects - Follow links below to websites that have projects you can join. Sites also offer the opportunity for you to create your own project and invite other classes to participate.


6th Grade Meeting - p.m.

Agenda:
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Part 1 - Keep it running smoothly! Logistics of drop boxes for turning in work digitally, filtering issues, and printing considerations.


Part 2 - Cristina - Blogging at Hauser

Part 3 - Global Education Collaborative


The 2010 Global Education Conference is being held November 15 - 19, 2010, online and free. Sessions will take place in multiple time zones and multiple languages over the five days. The conference is a collaborative and world-wide community effort to significantly increase opportunities for globally-connecting education activities. Our goal is to help you make connections with other educators and students, and for this reason the conference is very inclusive and also is provides broad opportunities for participating and presenting.

Live Presentations @ 1:00 p.m. Central time:
  • Engage and Motivate Math Students with CYBERCHASE PBS Online Resources - Cyberchase is a PBS animated television series and Web site that features three curious kids who use math and brain power to save the day, and is based on the National Council for Teachers of Mathematics standards for 8-12 year olds. Join our interactive session to explore over 45 interactive mathematics games and dozens of simple yet effective, downloadable math activities available for free at Cyberchase online.
  • Assessing 21st Century Learning With Electronic Portfolios - A student electronic portfolio is a valuable tool for the 21st century classroom that enables the student and teacher to reflect on the student’s progress and set goals for continued learning. In this session the attendee will become more familiar with electronic portfolios and how to implement them into middle school and high school curriculum. There will be an introduction to the different types of portfolios and the tools available to create them. The creation of an electronic portfolio will be demonstrated using a free online tool. How to post class work, file types used for accessibility, and how to manage and assess the student’s portfolio will be covered. After this session the teachers will feel more comfortable with integrating electronic portfolios into their own 21st century curriculum.
  • What, When, and Where: Blogs, Wikis and Discussion Boards - Have you ever wondered which of the following is best for group projects - Blogs, Wikis or Discussion boards? How about for classroom dialogue? What about for building community in your classroom? Do you know which might be the most appropriate in what situation? The answers to these questions and more is what we intend to help you discover. These are Web 2.0 technologies that provide special opportunities for virtual group work in distance learning courses or even as a component for face to face instruction. Designed as collaborative workspaces these technologies can be incorporated into a course providing not only a space for students to work virtually in groups, but also to create a project and receive technical experience at the same time. Presenters will show how wikis, blogs and discussion forums can be integrated into various courses throughout the curriculum to provide extra learning and interaction opportunities.

Recorded Sessions:
  • Creating a Culture of Peace Through Global Education: Some Lessons Learned. In the decades ahead, hopefully more and more schools will integrate the world into all parts of their curriculum. As they do so, they will need successful models of what has worked in diverse settings and environments. In this effort, educators and administrators should look beyond issues of global competitiveness as the main purpose behind building awareness and engagement with the world. Over the last 22 years, iEARN has learned many lessons about building a successful and sustainable global educational communities. In this presentation, I will share what I consider to be the five key components for replication across the country.
  • Three Classroom Projects that NEED the World . To ensure the necessity of global collaboration, it is important to find projects which must cross borders to work. For curriculum-based collaborations, the best projects require creative thinking and the kind of skills global thinkers will need. This session explores two replicable examples. First, a math/science project that allows globally connected students to determine the size of the earth—without calculator or encyclopedia. This can only be done by partnering with another school on the same longitude, and on a special day. It follows the method the Greeks used in 300 BCE (afterwards, the size of the moon and the distance from the sun can follow). Along the way, translation tools, and Web 2.0 sites become important. For the other side of the brain, explore language arts/social studies projects that utilize the Facebook advertising engine. These can target the global community in surprising and inexpensive ways (figure a budget of $10 US). Have mobile phones and video cameras ready if you want to participate live in the third project.

Part 4 - Lesson and Unit Development


1. Internet Safety Curriculum for 6th Grade